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- Collection:
- B. F. Coleman [Colman], Receipt for Purchase of an Enslaved Woman Named Margaret and Her Child, 1857 January 7
- Title:
- Receipt (naming enslaved persons)
- Creator:
- Ayer & Harrison
- Date of Original:
- 1851-01-07
- Subject:
- Slave bills of sale--Georgia
Bills of sale
Slavery--Georgia--History
Enslaved persons--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- receipts (financial records)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- For $810.00 paid by B. F. Coleman for the purchase of an enslaved woman Margaret (19) and her unnamed child. Witnessed by C. S. Harrison for Burnett Ingram. The receipt is written on a printed form provided by the firm of Ayer and Harrison
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_3228_001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_3228_001-001#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/guan_3228_001-001/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: B.F. Coleman receipt for enslaved people, ms3228, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
[001]
$810 - Columbus [January] 7th 1851
Received of B F Colman Eight hundred
[and] ten dollars, being in full for the purchase of two
Negro Slaves named Margaret 19 years old [and]
child [blank] years old
the right and title of said Slaves I warrant and defend against the claims of all per-
sons whatsoever, and likewise warrant them sound and healthy.
As witness, my hand and seal [signed] C S Harrison [?]
for Bur. Ingram
[002]
Margaret